Powers, duties of director.
Atlanta City Code § 50-31
in effectSec. 50-31. - Powers, duties of director.
The director of emergency management is authorized and directed to:
(1) Represent the city in all matters pertaining to emergency management;
(2) Utilize all bureau and department heads and all municipal officers of the city in the preparation and implementation of emergency management plans and coordinate them into an effective plan of operation;
(3) Assist city officials in planning the organization of city departments for emergency operations;
(4) Develop and maintain emergency management plans, in conjunction with city departments, for emergency functions in consonance with state and federal emergency plans and implement these plans in any such emergency;
(5) Establish an emergency management plan for the continuity of city government in an enemy attack or other emergency;
(6) Maintain and, where feasible, improve public fallout shelters and the attack warning system; maintain a community shelter plan and a crisis relocation plan in readiness for publication on short notice; train fallout shelter managers and radiological monitoring personnel; take such other readiness steps toward preparedness against enemy attack as are prudent and practical; and institute equivalent readiness measures and planning against manmade and natural disasters;
(7) Maintain an adequate emergency communications system encompassing all city departments and other agencies and an emergency operations center; and
(8) Establish and maintain an organization of sufficient staff and operating agencies to implement approved emergency plans, set forth in sections 50-32 and 50-33.
(Code 1977, § 11-4006)
Source: City of Atlanta, Code of Ordinances (Charter and Related Laws, General Ordinances, Land Development Code) (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ga/atlanta/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOORENOR_CH50CIEM_ARTIIEMMA_S50-31PODUDIFetched: 10/28/2026